"Spare Parts" Rules Are Broken

[meaubry]

Dave,
Are you okay? I could almost feel you seizing up and the blood rushing to your face on that last rant. I'm not exactly sure how to address the issue of lawyers winning, I didn't know they were playing. Seems to me that if everyone simply stopped being judgemental of what the true meaning of a rule was (ambiguous ones and painfully obvious ones) then everyone would be better off. Seems to me that we make more out of breaking rules unintentionally than is necessary. I just won't spend any more of my time wasting it trying to convince people that my interpretation of a rule is better or more accurate than theirs is. FIRST is what it is - Some teams will interpret things what ever way they want to. I can't do anything about them - nor do I think I want to focus my attention on them. Those that do things that might not be considered gracious, nor professional - will do so either out of ignorance or by choice. I forgive everyone that unintentionally has broken any rule - I trust that once they found out they broke one, they wouldn't continue doing so. I can't and won't ever convince those that break the rules by choice that they are wrong. I cannot determine when the lawyers are winning - frankly I just don't care if they win as long as my students learn, get inspired, and have fun doing so.
Let's stay positive and everyone will win